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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published [November] 1968
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Golde Key 10213-811, adapted from the popular British television progam.

Cover Details - "The Lid's Off A Spy Game A La Mod!"

Characters The Avengers [Patrick Macnee as John Steed; Diana Rigg as Emma Peel]
Genre Spy; Adventure
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Golde Key 10213-811, adapted from the popular British television progam.

14 page The Avengers story "The Roman Invasion"

Characters The Avengers [John Steed; Emma Peel]; Karl; Helmut; Agent 77 of the british secret service
Synopsis John Steed and Emma Peel are having a picnic when it is interupted by two men wearing Roman armor having a sword fight. After one man is hurt Emma and John defeat the other and rush them both to a hospital. The uninjured man (Helmut, a foreign spy) escapes. John finds a clue in the wounded man's clothes and goes to check out where a movie with Roman soldiers is being filmed and is mistaken for an extra. Helmut recognizes him and tries to kill him during the filming of a fight scene. Emma has found out what is going on from the wounded british spy and arrives in time to save John.
Genre Spy; Adventure
Notes Reprinted from a two page strip appearing in the United Kingdom weekly "TV Comic" issues 756 to 760, June 11th to July 9th 1966. Layout changed for this reprinting.
Reprinted from TV Comic

1 page Keys of Knowledge filler "Sea Horse"

Genre Fact

1 page Picture Dictionary filler "Field"

Genre Fact

1 page filler "Jest For Fun"

1 page Dinosauria filler "Plesiosaur"

Genre Fact

12 page The Avengers story "The Mirage Maker"

Characters The Avengers [John Steed; Emma Peel]; the Colonel; Johnson (the scientist); Sammy; Franz; Hans
Synopsis John and Emma are sent to help protect a scientist that has created a mirage making machine. While the scientist is demonstrating the machine to his assistant it is causing havok in the countryside. Because of the mirages John and Emma end up being chased by a policeman until they arrive at the scientist's home. There they find the foreign agents who are trying to steal the machine. While trying to escape from the agents they end up going through an Army testing ground where they finally capture the agents using the mirage machine.
Genre Spy; Adventure
Pencils Pat Williams
Inks Pat Williams
Notes Reprinted from a one and two page strip appearing in the United Kingdom weekly "TV Comic" issues 761 to 766, July 16th to August 20th 1966. Layout changed for this reprinting. Art credits via The Avengers Illustrated website.
Reprinted from TV Comic

Half page filler "Mini-Comics"

Genre Gags

1 page Chuckle Time filler "He listens to my wife all day!"

Genre Gags